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McMillan Spring

McMillan Spring, seen from above at true elevation

McMillan Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,493 m. Dunderberg Peak stands 3,774 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Masonic Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 30 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.33531, -119.14522

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 14
  • Clinton: 8.7 mi
  • Parr House: 11.0 mi
  • Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 11.0 mi
  • Machinery: 11.1 mi
  • Carpenter Shop: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Parks: 6
  • Bodie State Historic Park: 11.0 mi
  • Bridgeport: 20.3 mi
  • Mountain Gate Park: 20.4 mi
  • Bridgeport Training Range: 21.5 mi
  • Walker Community Park: 21.9 mi
Hot springs: 4
  • Fales Hot Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Walker River Hot Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Booker Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Warm Springs: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Travertine Hot Spring: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Aspen Glen Reserve: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of McMillan Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dunderberg PeakSSW 201°3,774 m20.0 mi
Twin PeaksSSW 214°3,756 m20.9 mi
Twin Peaks-East PeakSSW 213°3,731 m20.8 mi
The DragtoothSW 218°3,695.4 m20.9 mi
Blacksmith PeakSW 221°3,616.3 m20.9 mi
Eagle PeakSW 233°3,603 m17.9 mi
Hunewill PeakSW 233°3,562 m20.3 mi
Victoria PeakSW 233°3,561 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3419:4520:24
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:1115:5916:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936424958646256453628
Precip in2.01.50.90.60.70.40.50.40.20.70.81.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 7 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Sep — fullest in Jun, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs43.652.810117425431429222815166.428.636.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge E Walker RV NR Bridgeport, CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • matted wild buckwheat21 obs
  • aspen onion20 obs
  • Roundleaf Snowberry20 obs
  • western blue flag19 obs
  • cold desert phlox17 obs
  • Bitterroot14 obs
  • Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily14 obs
  • singleleaf pinyon14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7921660342

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